that's going to be the first federal election after newtown, also the first federal election after the presidential election and the democratic primary is really the whole game in that race because it's such a democratic district. the bloomberg pac has been very, very heavy-handed in terms of their involvement in that race. just blanketing the 2nd district in illinois, that chicago district, with guns, making the a rating from the nra a scarlet letter for the two democrats who are viable contenders in that race who have that rating. is that something that we're only going to see in something so atypical like, that a very democratic district in chicago in a special election, or is this kind of a pilot program for something that democrats might try to do more broadly? >> i think it's a pilot program. and i think one of the problems for advocates of sensible gun laws is that there's been a lot of mythology built up around the power of the nra. and it's true that in certain rural districts in america it's very hard to support any form of gun control, but there have been very few races wher